The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SDH 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.449% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.375% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-23.00% +11.11%
All Communications & Networking
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
32 63 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 15.46% 19.87% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17 63 38
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £63,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SDH
England

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SDH across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Midlands SDH Jobs Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SDH across the Midlands region.

Midlands SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region citing SDH also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SDH.

1 3 (100.00%) Broadband
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) DWDM
1 3 (100.00%) DSL
1 3 (100.00%) BT
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) LLU

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region citing SDH also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Broadband
1 3 (100.00%) DWDM
1 3 (100.00%) DSL
1 3 (100.00%) LLU
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Implementation Engineer
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) BT